Debate Quote by George W. Bush

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

— Geraldine Ferraro

If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.

— Jim Lehrer

I don't like debates anyway. I have never debated anyone, I think they're a very masculine form - like an intellectual prizefight. They let…

— Gloria Steinem

A debate is a very specific kind of performance.

— ContraPoints

Debates, I hate.

— George H. W. Bush

Debate is where you refine your arguments and I have often learned as much from my debating opponents as from my partners, maybe more.

— Anonymous

I like to hear conversations that are debates.

— Misha Green

I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

— Geraldine Ferraro

The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.

— David Gemmell

Debates require a lot of hard work and preparation. If you try to wing it, it shows.

— Mark McKinnon

The thing that I try to remember is that in the briefing room it's not a debate. I'm not supposed to go in there…

— Josh Earnest

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.

— Jim Lehrer